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Sheilas [electronic resource] : Badass Women of Australian History

Eliza Reilly2022
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An entertaining romp through Australian history that celebrates the badass sheroes we were never taught about in school and who deserve to be printed on our money, goddamn it! It's been said that 'well-behaved women seldom make history', but the handful of white boys who wrote our history books conveniently left most of them out. Whoops! To rectify this situation, Eliza Reilly is setting out to revive the forgotten stories of the badass Sheilas of Australian history. Chain yourself to pub counters with the determined Merle Thornton, fight for Indigenous rights alongside Faith Bandler, and lure forlorn sailors with swimmer-slash-mermaid Annette Kellerman. Deceive cranky soldiers with bushranger Mary Ann Bugg, infiltrate Nazi strongholds on the back of Nancy Wake's bike - and much, much more. Cracking with satirical wit and whole-hearted admiration, Sheilas is a cheeky, funny, inspirational celebration of the tough-titted ladies who hiked up their petticoats and fly-k...
Author:
Eliza Reilly, Author
Imprint:
Australia : Macmillan Australia, 2022
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781760989095
Language:
English
BRN:
434225
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